English Idioms: On the same wavelength

English Idioms About “Clothes”
Idiom: Boots on the ground
Meaning: The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict at the time of speaking, rather than troops not engaged or being transported to the fighting.
Example: The Pentagon may say we have enough, but that’s not what I’m hearing from the boots on the ground.

English Idioms About “Animals”
Idiom: Fish for compliments
Meaning: To try to induce someone to make a compliment.
Example: He is fishing for compliments.

English Idioms About “Furniture”
Idiom: In one’s cups
Meaning: Drunk; in the act of consuming alcohol liberally.
Example: He couldn’t be understood because he was in his cups.

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Set the ball rolling
Meaning: (Also start or get the ball rolling) start something, especially a conversation or a social event.
Example: There was a quiet atmosphere in the party so I decided to set the ball rolling and got up to dance.

English Idioms About “Travel”
Idiom: On the wagon
Meaning: To abstain from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up
Example: No, thank you! No alcohol for me I am on the wagon.

English Idioms About “Death”
Idiom: Bite the dust
Meaning: The phrase bite the dust has two meanings: 1. to die. 2. to break; to fail.
Example: 1. Too many soldiers bit the dust in the second world war. 2. My laptop finally bit the dust.